Mr. Speaker, on Friday, November 10, I was pleased to join provincial counterparts, Iceland Ambassador Einar Benediktsson and Icelandair representatives in welcoming Icelandair to Halifax International Airport in Nova Scotia.
Icelandair is a 60-year old privately run airline. It is no mere beginner. It carries 1.2 million passengers every year. Icelandair will begin scheduled service to Halifax on May 14 next year. It will go from Halifax International Airport to some 20 destinations in Europe through Reykajavik. We in Halifax West and in Nova Scotia look forward to the tremendous potential this brings for tourism in Nova Scotia.
Icelandair recently held a Reykjavik to Halifax flight for Scandanavian tour operators, an important first step for this exciting tourism opportunity. Icelandair knows what more and more companies are coming to realize, that metropolitan Halifax and the province of Nova Scotia are good places to do business.